Sony: 'The Interview's' Opening Day Was Fantastic, And We Grossed More Than $1 Million

People line up to see The Interview at Village Cinema on December 25. Julie Zeveloff/Business Insider Sony has announced opening-day box office sales for its controversial film, "The Interview," which was shown at about 330 theaters nationwide on Christmas Day.

330 theaters is about 10% of the theaters that initially planned to carry the movie before its Christmas Day launch was cancelled and then uncanceled by Sony Pictures following a massive cyberattack on the entertainment company's servers. The movie was also available for rent and purchase online on YouTube, Google Play, on a Sony-dedicated website, and on XBox. Those sales have not yet been announced.

"The audience reaction was fantastic - the limited release, in under 10% of the amount of theaters originally planned, featured numerous ell-outs and a first-day gross over $1 million," Rory Bruer, President of Worldwide Distribution at Sony Pictures said in a statement Friday morning.

The number of people who streamed the film on YouTube is unknown, however more than 130,000 people have up and down-voted the flick. The film was illegally downloaded more than 750,000 times in the first 20 hours according to TorrentFreak.